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PHILOLOGY. 



Iron, payul; pigu. 



Iron-hoop, tsipa. 



Kill, mate. 



Kind (see good), mapia. 



Knife, wase. 



Large, yenup. 



Laugh, mimi. 



Leaf, trila. 



Lie, repose, to, rHu. 



Lightning, vijik. 



Lizard, pilel. 



Man, amdre. 



Many, pipi. 



Milk, tut. (See breast.) 



Moon, mtikum. 



Mother, migervm. 



Musquito, lam. 



Name; what is your name? verameta gu? 

 What is the name of that? madmen a 

 mena? 



Near, yvpaUto. 



Night (or to-night), nibo. 



No, to,; tai. 



Old, adult, mazui. Very old, mazui a ve. 



Paddle, vetel. 



Pregnant, yisei. 



Rain, ut. 



Rat, ketgietg i ; (ttimivm,P.) 



Red, yeyd-ga. 



Reef, ran. 



Rope, tari. 



Sacred, yetvp; tabu; (the latter word intro- 

 duced by Pitu Kdt. See page 78.) 

 Sand, pi. 



Sea, salt water, tat. 

 See, miagi. 

 Set, as the sun, moribo (qu. mora i bo, 



away in the night ?). 

 Shark, po. 

 Ship, wwwe. 

 Short, yamot. 



Sick, makakes. 



Sister, mlayum. 



Sit, matitu. 



Sleep, m6se (or mumatidi, P.) 



Small, pdtgik ; patgigitgi. Very small, 

 patfigitfigi ; (qu. pa-tgikitg iki or pa- 

 tikitiki ? In the dialect of Banabe, 

 tikitik is small.) 



Star, uig. 



Stay, remain, mumutidi. 



Stone, vds. 



Strong, yakailu. 



Sun, ydro. 



Talk, <tir, titlnup. 



That, mena. 



There, etunai. 



Thou, gu. 



Throw, kutgivara. 



Thunder, yepd (pa, P.) 



To-morrow, w&razwra. 



To-night, nibo. 



Tortoise, u-ari. 



Understand, gora. 



Very, kloo ; ve. 



Wait, tvpdi. 



Warm, wub&tg. 



Wash, bathe, tvatuti. 



Water, fresh, ta.ru. 

 " salt, tat. 



Wave, rau. 



Whale, kds. 



What ; (see name.) 



White, bvtgibOtg. 



Why, bd. 



Wind, yay. 



Wood, tumOtgi. 



Woman, vdivi, vaiivi. 



Yam, kuri. 



Yellow, araj). 



Yes, lla. 



Yesterday, rdlo. 



Sd or zd is a very common verbal particle, used with all the tenses ; as, gu za yutdmen, 

 thou wert absent or away; nay sa bitu, I will come; gu a nay sa muka, thou and I eat; 

 gv za miagi pipi a prao, dost thou see many canoes ? These sentences, however, as 

 has been before remarked, can hardly be relied upon as showing the real idiom of the 

 language. 



